Trog

[Trog]

PC Name: Trog
Race: Jamoura
Birth Date: Day 82/Summer/241 AV
Age: 272 years old
Gender: Male
Birth Place: The Spires
Physical Description: Trog is 8’9” and 589 lbs. His fur is midnight black, when he is not camouflaged. Trog’s blue eyes often have a look of intense reflection. His eyes are deeper set than most Jamoura and he has a slightly larger brow. These differences would likely be imperceptible to non-Jamoura.

Character Description: Trog is a watcher, like most Jamoura. But he also has a restlessness that makes him unique among his kind. To most non-Jamoura, he would still seem quite stoic and careful. But to the Jamoura, he has not lost his adolescent immaturity. Trog showed a great deal of promise as a teacher. For a time, he was considered a possible candidate for the Hahk’maghtar. But a quarrel between his father and his grandfather, the head of the family group, resulted in Trog's involvement and the end of that path for him. The results of this left his future uncertain, and Trog with a sense of confusion about the direction he should take. Nevertheless, Trog possesses an above average memory, even for a Jamoura, and a patience for scholarship that he has always made time for.

Trog is patient when it comes to other aspects of his life as well. This has not, unfortunately, translated into a capacity for recalling past lives. Trog has yet to summon up a single memory fragment, despite the fact that his family group has a history of being particularly adept at this. This is due to Trog’s inability to quiet his mind in the necessary way during meditation.

Trog is also much friendlier than most Jamoura. This is not due to a particular affinity for companionship, but instead a unique interest in other cultures. Part of his personal mission at this stage of his life is gathering information on individuals, cultures and the histories of non-Jamoura. To this end, he is often quite willing to join caravans, travel with traders, and otherwise participate in adventuresome activities. Trog does not particularly care for cities, but he knows that is the best way to further his research. Trog loves nature, and has a side interest in botany that he hopes to cultivate at some point.

Trog is usually non-violent. He is much more likely to back down from a fight or negotiate, than use his physical prowess. That said, Trog is willing to defend himself and others. He can also react even more violently than most Jamoura when nature is wantonly destroyed. He also has a strongly negative view of slavery.

Trog does harbor a resentment towards humans. This is a difficult subject for him. He has no desire to descend into the primal destructiveness that a few Jamoura have allowed their hatred for humanity to lead them to. Yet he has been exposed to Jamoura who believe humanity is a blight that was never removed. That direction has been tempting at some points in his life. Part of Trog’s goal in his journeys is to decide whether humanity is worthy of existence, whether the peacefulness of the Jamoura is the right path and whether the minority of Jamoura who wish to see the end of humanity are actually the ones in the right.

Character History: The most significant event in Trog’s life was the conflict between his grandfather, Falst and father, Grov which eventually led to Trog’s banishment. Grov had always taken it upon himself to remind the Jamoura of the danger humanity still posed and the beauty of the Valterrian event in providing them a path to wakefulness. It is often preached among the Jamoura, that giving into primal urges and enacting vengeance against humanity, leads to a descent into primitivity. Grov came to theorize that this was a great lie spread by the teachers of the Jamoura out of fear. He never personally acted on these beliefs, at least at first. But a group of youths driven to a frenzy by his teachings committed a great crime against a party of humans that had journeyed close to the Spires. There had been deaths on both sides and the violence was a stain on the Jamourian way. For their crime, the youths were sentenced to the Forgetting for a period of 500 years. Grov was spared, but Falst, his own father and Trog's grandfather, had been among the most ardent supporters of punishment, out of a desire to preserve the family name. Grov was instructed to end his teaching career, but he was not directly held responsible for the choices of the young Jamoura. Grov had no intention of obeying this ruling.

Grov did not stop. Instead, he held secret meetings arguing that the only way to honor nature was to end the reign of its greatest historical destroyer. The conflict, rather than tempering Grov, made him more fervent in his teachings. Trog was aware of these meetings. He did nothing to stop them, nor did he participate. Yet, he knew this was in itself a crime of omission. At this point in his life, Trog was truly undecided. One night, in a fit of primal fury, a group of Grov’s followers assaulted several humans under the protection of the Jamoura. Grov siezed this as an opportunity. A pitched battle ensued, in which, under Grov’s influence, the youths gathered and attempted to occupy the Temple of Caiyha, forbidding access to worshippers, until all non-Jamoura were expelled from the Spires. This was the last straw. The Hahk’Shatara ended the occupation by arresting Grov and without their leader, the youths collapsed and surrendered. Grov and all his sympathizers were judged. There was perhaps a touch of hysteria to the event, although the Hahk’Shatara attempted impartiality. But there was no doubt this was the most politically significant event in several hundred years of Jamoura history. It was decided that only severe punishment could end the dangerous precedent this event set. An example had to be made. Grov was sentenced to the Forgetting permanently, a heavy blow to his family. Trog was not spared either. His knowledge of his father’s secret meetings made him culpable and he did not deny that he was aware of what was happening. He was sentenced to Banishment for his crime until such time as the Hahk’Shatara felt he had learned from the experience. Trog felt this was a polite way of saying his Banishment was permanent, an attempt to rid the Spires of anyone associated with the event. Falst assured him it was not. He would push for Trog to be allowed back when the time was right.

Trog felt his grandfather was sincere, but in his heart, as his access to the Spires was magically erased, Trog could not shake the belief he would never see them again. He tried to travel with his father for a while. But Grov was not the same sharp-minded, silver-tongued man he used to be. The Forgetting destroyed his personality and in the end, being with a shell that looked like his father was just too painful. Trog went his own way.

The shame of his Banishment is still fresh. This has led Trog to lie about his reasons for departing the Spires. This was the reasoning behind the invention of his mission to record his experiences and understand the world better, although this desire is partially genuine. Still, any encounter with another Jamourian is something Trog wishes to avoid.

Equipment/Possessions: 1 set of clothing consisting of a long cloak and pants, no shirt or boots (green in color), 1 backpack containing 1 waterskin, food for a week, 1 eating knife, and a flint/steel. Trog’s heirloom is a personal journal of his father during his time traveling as a young Jamoura. 100 gold Mizas.

Housing: 1 basic cottage with a hearth, bunk, chest, chair, and small table.

Skills:

Brawling: 20 (20 from starting package)
Teaching: 30 (30 from starting package)
Wilderness Survival: 10 (racial bonus)

Lore:

Lore of the History of the Jamoura (Due to Trog’s interest in scholarly pursuits he would have a unique knowledge of his people’s history)
Lore of Naturalism (Due to being raised amongst the Jamoura, Trog would have a special knowledge of plant and animal life. This does not mean he has a skill in raising animals or plants, just an encyclopedic awareness of them and of course a Jamoura respect)

Languages:

Fluent: Common

Basic: Jamourian Primal language

Poor: None

[Crosspatch]

Character Sheet Intervention

Hello there!

I'm Crosspatch, one of the friendly CS Liaisons on Mizahar! I've been looking over your Character Sheet, and I have noticed some minor issues that need to be resolved and fixed. Sadly these need to be done before you can continue roleplaying, so let's take a look at them shall we?

• Your Lore of Naturalism is too broad - firstly because it can be separated down into, region, area, animal, plants and so on. A lore is some form of general knowledge that the character has gained over their lifetime. Such as knowledge on a particular deity or knowledge of certain poisonous plants within a particular region.
• Male Jamoura reach an average height of 8 foot and their eye color is usually brown with occasional instances of green. Please fix this.
• Although you have housing, I have yet to actually see where said housing is located in Mizahar - can you please state the city this located in?

Once these problems have been dealt with, drop me a PM and I'll remove this intervention and approve your CS for you. Also if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and I'll do my best to answer!


Crosspatch

[Trog]

Just a question on the height, my understanding of average height is that it's in the middle. Like the average height of a human might be 6'0" but not all humans are that tall, some are much taller, some much shorter. By average height do you actually mean maximum height?